Oluwatosin Alabi

A Chinese envoy says imports from Africa rose 21.6% between May and September under China’s zero-tariff policy, as scholars urge wider gains.

Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno met Algeria’s foreign minister to advance cooperation deals, as observers say Algiers wants to regain influence in the Sahel.

Zimbabwe’s police say anyone who sells a car without changing ownership within two weeks stays liable for fines caught by Harare’s new traffic cameras.

The African Union has accredited Nigeria’s Counter Terrorism Centre as a regional centre of excellence to support member states across West Africa and the Sahel.

President Bola Tinubu asked the Senate to approve $20.52 billion and 1.05 billion euros in foreign loans, setting up a fight over transparency and debt.

The rand was steady as South Africa’s leading business cycle indicator rose 1.1% in August and traders awaited the Fed’s Oct. 28 decision.

Sixteen clubs are set for the 2026/27 CAF Champions League group stage after Mamelodi Sundowns’ shock exit, with the Cairo draw due Wednesday.

Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab release Made in Senegal on Friday, their first album of new songs in nearly a decade, recorded entirely in Dakar.

Cannes hosts the 23rd Pan-African Film Festival through Oct. 25, with documentaries on Amílcar Cabral and Congo war children, a jazz film and Dikalo Awards.

South African model Candice Swanepoel, spotted at 15 in a Durban flea market, became a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2010 and turned 38 on Tuesday.